Longer deadlines no longer surprise anyone. Meanwhile, the queues could be shortened slightly if patients canceled appointments they did not intend to attend. According to the National Health Fund, in the first half of 2023, 457,000 people did not show up for their scheduled appointments. people. Most canceled visits concerned orthopedics and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system. Cardiology came second, endocrinology third, and oncology fourth.
Mysterious note at the clinic. This is important news for patients
A photo of a chair in one of the clinics appeared on the Facebook profile of the user kantyna.kulturalna. There is a piece of paper stuck to it with an important message.
Do not sit down!!! This place is occupied by a person who has not canceled a doctor’s appointment.
In this way, the facility wanted to draw attention to the common problem of not showing up for a booked appointment. A patient who has not canceled an appointment blocks others in the queue to see a specialist. This is part of a social campaign conducted by the CMP Medical Center. The name of the action is “I cancel, not block”. As you can read on the official website, the aim of the initiative is to educate the public and develop practices that will improve the process of canceling a visit. Both public and private institutions got involved in the campaign.
Penalty for not canceling a doctor’s appointment? Some people are in favor of introducing it
An uncancelled appointment is a wasted date that could have been used by another person. – The Polish health care system is based on the principle of solidarity, so let’s think about others and let them take advantage of an earlier deadline – appealed Agnieszka Pachciarz, director of the Wielkopolska branch of the National Health Fund, during the holidays. There were many comments under the photo of the chair with the note. However, Internet users’ opinions are divided. Some believe that such behavior is excessive, while others are in favor of introducing financial penalties for not canceling visits.
A patient who does not come should be charged with the costs of this visit and a penalty.
Because in Poland these dates are so distant that the patients either died or forgot.
Only in Poland it is not possible to electronically cancel such a visit to a specialist, and if anyone has ever tried to call any clinic, they know that it is very difficult, even impossible.
Source: Gazeta
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